The more you discover the Himalayas the more
interesting it becomes. There are so many facts about Himalayas that it
is really difficult to know at one time. The more you explore the
Himalayas the more you get involved into it. The Himalaya is the world's
largest mountain range. Its peak is of 8,000 meters, which is
approximately 26, 000 feet. There are 14 such peaks of Himalayas and
hundreds of summits, which are around 23,000 feet high. The mountain
range stretches 1,700 miles across an area between Assam and Kashmir.
The east is guarded Namche Barwa while the west is guarded by the
splendid Nanga Parbat. The Himalayas are mainly young folded mountains.
It extends from west to east for about 2,500 km in a curve from the
Pamit Knot in the northwest to the valley of the Brahmaputra River in
the east. The width of the Himalayas is of 100 - 400 km. The Himalayas
range covers an area of 612,021 sq. km. The Himalayas passes through
five nations: India, Pakistan, China, Bhutan and Nepal. In India it
stretches across five states: Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh, Sikkim, and in China it is Tibet. The Himalayas is also the
origin or source of world's two important river systems: the Indus Basin
and the Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin.
From south to north the Himalayas are divided into different
parallel ranges: And they are as follows:
